Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-30
NOUO " O06'~H FROM ALL QUARTERS. VETERANS IN POLITICS. Burning Topics In The
 Grand Army. LADY WORKERS AT THE POLLS. The Battle For Prohibition
 In Tennessee. JAKE SHARP GETS A STAY. Judge Bassett Holds Boy
 cOtting Illegal.
JAKE SHARP GETS A STAY.
pOE.ErHcS IN THE GRAND ARMY.

POLITICS IN THE GRAND ARMY. A Proposed Resolution Censuring
 CIeeeIand Kicks Up a Lively Row at | St. Louis.
 1 ST. LOUIS. Sept. 29.-A local paper an
 nounces that political fight was opened in
 the Grand Army encampment yesterday af- | ternoon which is likely to produce a great l disturbance in that body. Ex-Commander- 1 in-Chief Paul Vandervart, of Nebraska, in- troduced 8 resolution severely censuring l President Cleveland for vetoing the depend l ent pension bill and it is said to have been l received with great applause. It was referred | to the committee on resolutions without l debate, but it is asserted it will be warmly ] supported by what is called the Futile ele- | ment, which is said to be strong, while the l conservatives, mostly from the East, will op- | pose them. The Ohio delegates have in- structed the member of the committee on resolutions from that State to oppose the | resolution and to move that it be laid on the | table. Other States will probably take like 1 action. It is alleged that General Futile is 1 the parent of the resolution, but that in con sequence of his recent notoriety Mir. Wander vart was induced to present it. It is ex- pected that the majority of the committee on resolutions will oppose the resolution; that 1 minority report will be made and that in l this way the matter will be brought directly before the encampment and fought out. | The Army's Wishes Regarding Pen- sions.
 ST. LOUIS, Sept. 29.-The encampment l met at 9 a. ID. The committee on pensions l submitted their report. They related their efforts to procure liberal legislation from Congress and the fate of the dependent pen sion bill, which would have removed twelve ! thousand veterans from pauper houses. They call attention to the Mexican pension bill
 far more liberal than the one for pensioning the soldiers against the rebellion. This bill met the approval of the President and they were fairly stunned when from the same hand came a veto of the measure of like principle, but infinitely smaller in degree for the veterans of the war against treason. They appealed 10 the G. A. R. and the response came from three hundred thousand members in no uncertain tone. The committee there fore prepared new pension bill. This makes provision for pensions to all veterans who are or may hereafter become unable to
 
 tinuance of pensions for widows in thhir own right, for an increase of the present pittance to minor children and for fathers or mothers from any date of dependence Such a law would at once remove fully twelve thousand veterans from the public almshouses where they now rest, making them pensioners in stead of paupers, provide pensions for fully a0 d6nand0Of upon private charity and put into the general pension laws for the first time the recognition of the principles that pensions may be granted absolute survivors of the late war without absolute proof of disabily aris- ing from the service, proof almost to procure. The bill is similar in general principles to that vetoed, but that objectionable pauper clause is omitted, making this a disability and not a dependent bill Your committee recommend the continuance of earnest effort in favor of the following: "The bill prepared by this committee granting pensions to all veterans now disabled or in need, to mothers and fathers from date of depennence, con tinuance of pensions to widows in their own right and an increase for minor children. All of the recommendations for increase and equalization of pensions for special disabilities made in his recent report by Pension Commis- sioner Black A pension of SIP per moth to all widows of honorab1y discharged soldiers and sailors of the late war. In creased pensions for the severer disabilities substantially as presented in the bill prepared by the United States maimed veterans league. Pensions for the survivors of rebel prisons, substantially as presented in the bill of the National Association of Prisoners of War. Increased pensions for loss of hearing or eyesight. A re enactment of the arrears Io,r n11 oE Ao,, tIO1 pension for the widow of the representative volunteer soldier of the Union army-John A. Logan-as is paid the widows of those typical regulars, Thomas, the rock of Chick amsgua and Hancock, always the superb" The report was adopted.
 The committee on the annual address of the ecommander-in-chiefe endorses the address and congratulates General Fairchild and the Grand Army upon his administration of the vast yeor. They recommend the presents tion of proper testimonial to him. They desire to specially express their approval of general orders No.'s 12 and 13, believing, as they do, that it is improper and contrary to the rules of the order for posts to express themselves by efficient action at the request of persons outside the army, upon any sub !ect or question unless officially authorized or requested so to do through the regular official channels of the organization. They recommend the appointment of
  historian of the order, and indorse the re- eommendation of @ permanently national headquarters, and approve the suggestion that the general government include in the next decennial census an enumeration of the Union soldiers and sailors of the late war who may be living in 1890. The report was unani- mously adopted, with three rousing cheers for Fairchild. The eneanpment will meet in Columbus, O., in 1888, the week of the centenniel of the settlement of that city. The Contest for Commander. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 29.-The contest for the honor of commander in chief is waxing waam. Judge Rae, of Minneapolis, is grow ing in favor and is said to have captured the Ohio delegation as well as the Pacific slope. Major Warner holds his strength in Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas, but is weak ened by General Grier's popularity and good organization. Together they have enough to elect either, but they are hopeless apart. General Slocum's eastern legion is as firm as the iron brigade and his support of Fitz John Porter last year in opposition to Logan I is the greatest injury to him. This is con- | ceded to be Logan's year in Grand Army ! circles. This causes break in the eastern deIeoafious and thera is but little doubt that